I know, I was supposed to be back to regular posting by now but I have a good excuse. I have found a new addictive and expensive habit.
And no, it’s not illegal! I have been trying to trace my family tree.
Having lost my parents and grandparents when I was in my mid twenties, I never really knew much about my family tree. Then recently while my sister was packing, she came across an old newspaper clipping announcing my mum’s parent’s 50th wedding anniversary, giving the year of marriage and where the ceremony was held.
I decided then and there to spend some time and money trying to find my ancestry family tree.
With my mum’s parents marriage details, I found a listing on the NSW birth, death and marriage online index which gave me a registration number. The wedding certificate gave me my Grandparent’s age at marriage, place of birth and their parent’s names.
With this information, the search for my family tree really took off. So far I have spent about $160 on certificates from England and signing up to genealogy sites to view census records but I think it is well worth it if you are serious about tracing your family tree.
I am so addicted to genealogy, I am thinking of doing a Diploma in Family Historical Studies. The Diploma is undertaken over 2-3 years with a minimum study time of 2 years and a maximum of 3. There are no structured lessons, regular assignments to complete or lectures to attend. This sounds perfect for me!
If you live in Australia and would like to try and trace your family tree and need a little help, leave a comment or use the contact me form and I will see if I can help.
As my country (Philippines) have been under Spain for a long time, I have also been very interested in finding my ancestors and knowing my genealogy..I was thinking that since my color is different from local color, I might have some Spanish blood in me.
Hmm… I read blogs on a similar topic, but i never visited your blog. I added it to favorites and i’ll be your constant reader.
We’ve got a great show in the UK – “Who Do You Think You Are?” which takes celebrities on a journey to trace their ancestry – some of it is fascinating!
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Everyone can benefit from this info. Thanks for posting this. Will subscribe to your site.
Interesting ideas here. Thanks for posting, will add to my RSS feed.
Nice site and an interesting read – are you having fun with it? I like what you are doing here.
This is very interesting thing for any members of family to know the history of family and members
thanks
Interesting and informative. But will you write about this one more?
Valuable thoughts and advices. I read your topic with great interest.
Wonderful site with insightful articles. I will make use of most of this information.
I like this topic
Everyone can benefit from this info. Thanks for posting this. Will subscribe to your site.
Nice post and info..Thank you for shairng:=)
realy very interesting.
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good post, i think this is a cool thing to do. knowing where you come from is useful info sometimes and it can be cool just to learn what your ancestors have done.
it’s a long and stressful process
Keep up the good work and good luck with your site – are you having fun with it? It’s interesting and well worth the time to visit.
its good and interesting to know where we came from, our origin.
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“Having lost my parents and grandparents when I was in my mid twenties”
Sad to hear that, i wish you find the missing root very soon.
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